Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Cretoxyrhinidae
Alternative combinations: Isurus mantelli, Isurus mantellii, Lamna mantellii, Oxyrhina mantelli, Oxyrhina mantellii
Synonyms: Otodus oxyrhinoides Sauvage 1872, Oxyrhina extenta Leidy 1873
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1835. Feuilleton Additionnel aux Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles 21-64
Belongs to Cretoxyrhina according to J. K. Juranek and K. Shimada 2025
See also Agassiz 1835, Agassiz 1838, Agassiz 1843, Amalfitano et al. 2019, Amalfitano et al. 2020, Applegate 1970, Bice and Shimada 2016, Bourdon et al. 2011, Cappetta and Case 1975, Cappetta and Case 1999, Case et al. 1990, Cicimurri 2001, Cicimurri 2004, Cook et al. 2008, Cook et al. 2013, Gibbes 1847, Glikman 1958, Guinot and Carrillo-Briceño 2018, Hamm and Cicimurri 2011, Hay 1902, Jambura et al. 2024, Johnson-Ransom et al. 2016, Leidy 1873, Müller and Diedrich 1991, Mustafa 2000, Nagrodski et al. 2012, Retzler et al. 2013, Shimada 1996, Shimada 1997, Shimada and Martin 2008, Shimada and Nagrodski 2010, Shimada et al. 2006, Siverson 1992, Siverson 1996, Siverson and Lindgren 2005, Thurmond and Jones 1981, Underwood and Mitchell 1999, Weiler 1964, Woodward 1889, Zalmout and Mustafa 2001 and Zaręczny 1878
Sister taxa: Cretoxyrhina denticulata, Cretoxyrhina petrocoriensis, Cretoxyrhina vraconensis
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (1 collection), Australia (2), Canada (4: Alberta, Saskatchewan), the Congo-Brazzaville (1), France (2), Germany (2), Israel (7), Italy (11), Jordan (3), Poland (3), the Russian Federation (1), Sweden (5), the United Kingdom (1), United States (43: Alabama, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, South Dakota, Texas), Venezuela (1)
Total: 87 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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